Word: rainstrom
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...buildings. They can be prone to breakage: in 1989, a massive steam explosion that sent mud and refuse several stories high killed three people. Bloomberg said that a 24-inch steam pipe, installed in 1924, had broken. The likely causes, he added, were cold water from a massive morning rainstrom getting into the pipe or a yet undiscovered water main break. He said the main concern was that asbestos was released into the air and that tests were being conducted. Police were wearing gas masks in the street. Bloomberg noted, however, that the enormous amount of steam and water vapor...
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